George Perkins, who once owned the land that became Myers Park and Capital City Country Club, lived at 118 N. Gadsden St., which now serves as offices.

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Perkins Street, a southside street between Meridian and Adams streets just north of Magnolia Drive, is named for George Perkins - a 20th century Tallahassee attorney who once owned the land that became the Myers Park, Country Club and Woodland Drives neighborhoods.

A descendant of a pioneer Tallahassee family, Perkins was born in 1870 and educated at the University of Virginia. Married in 1900, Perkins built a home at 118 N. Gadsden Street in 1904. Because his wife and his daughter were very heavy he had an elevator installed in the home in the 1930s so they could reach the ...